Port wine is a type of fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro River Valley area in the northern regions of Portugal. Normally served as a dessert wine  Jordan 1 For Sale , it is generally a very sweet red wine. Many countries around the world produce fortified wine in the same style as Port, but just like the case with Champagne, you can only label a fortified wine as Port or Porto if it was produced in Portugal. Port's name is derived from the seaside city of Porto, which is located at the mouth of the Douro River. It was here where most of the Port wine would be exported  Jordan 11 Win Like 82 For Sale , particularly to the UK where it was gaining popularity.
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There are three major regions of the Douro River valley where Port wine is made. These are as follows:
1) Baixo Corgo – This is the western-most zone and is located downstream from the Corgo River. It is also the coolest and wettest region. Inexpensive varieties of Port, such as ruby and tawny varieties, are produced using the grapes grown from this region.
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3) Douro Superior -This is the easternmost region that leads almost to the Spanish border.Because the transport is more difficult in this area, it generally doesn't grow as many grapes. It also has the warmest and driest climate of all the regions in the Douro River Valley.
There are two broad categories into which Port wine can be divided:Barrel-aged or Bottle-aged. Barrel-aged Ports are smoother on the palate and have much less tannins, as well as generally losing their colour very slowly. Barrel-aged ports are generally much thicker and more viscous than bottle-aged varieties. There are also subcategories within each category. Barrel-aged ports can be Colheita  air jordan 11 retro chicago mens for sale , Garrafeira or Tawny. Bottle-aged Ports can be Ruby Port, Reserve or vintage character, Pink Port, White Port  air jordan 11 chicago mens for sale , Late-Bottled Vintage Port, Crusted Port, Vintage Port or Single Quinta Vintage Port.
People need to realise that when referring to a "vintage", it is not the same as when used to describe a normal wine. When used to describe normal wine  cheap jordan 11 chicago mens for sale , it merely refers to the year it was made. However, Port wine producers only use the term "vintage" when the wine is produced at their winery only during the very good years for growing the grapes.
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KUNMING， June 2 (Xinhua) -- Former nurse Qian Renfeng， from southwest China's Yunnan Province， is seeking state compensation after she was wrongfully convicted of murder.

Qian's lawyer filed her appeal with Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court on Wednesday， demanding up to 9.55 million yuan (1.45 million U.S. dollars) in damages.

Qian was only 17 when she was stripped of her freedom. The sentence was quashed in December last year， because it lacked sufficient evidence.

In February 2002， at a nursery where Qian was working， a toddler died of food poisoning and two other children were hospitalized.

Qian， who had prepared the children's meals that day， was forced into confessing that she had mixed raticide in the food. It was on the basis of this forced confession that she was to be found guilty of murder.

"The interrogators made me kneel for hours， cuffed my hands behind my back，" she said after her release from prison. "In a state of fury， extreme pain and exhaustion， I said I was guilty."

She said that she had littered her confession with contradictions in the hope that the investigators would uncover these lies and declare her innocent， but they did not. She only escaped capital punishment because she had not yet turned 18. In China， the death penalty does not apply to minors.

Qian's lawyer Yang Zhu， broke down the compensation request: 5.8 million was for the wrongful conviction， 2 million yuan for psychological harm and 1.6 million yuan to cover legal costs.

The fifth-grade graduate found writing extremely difficult. However， while behind bars， she penned many petitions.

In April 2010， her luck changed. A group of lawyers visited No. 2 Prison for Women in Yunnan Province， where Qian was an inmate， and offered the prisoners free legal advice.

"Their visit was a glimmer of hope in the darkness. That was when I shared my story with the lawyer Yang Zhu，" she said.

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